wishes and dreams

2009-08-25T00:12:00.002+08:00

The pressure is mounting more than ever. The panic gets worse each day. Day in the day, it's the same routine. Study, worry, study more, worry even more. I really want to have a study break right now so that I can have more time to prepare for the prelims and A levels. It's damn scary that everyday just passes so fast. I fear not being able to study all the chapters well and good by prelims which seems highly likely. I don't know how at this rate I will pull up my Ds and C to As or Bs even, and I don't know if I can maintain my As. Sometimes I feel happy and optimistic cause I had been really productive for a while but at the snap of a finger, reality bites and I worry again. It probably isn't that useful to just worry but oh gosh... I just can't help fretting over my super slow pace of studying. Will some solution just drop down from the sky soon and guide me? Perhaps it is a blessing in disguise that Friday's friendly is cancelled.

2009-07-09T10:55:00.002+08:00

I feel like A levels are over or something when I am just only done with Common Tests. But over the last two days I felt liberated like never before. That probably is an exaggeration but I guess it's because I was cooped up for too long. Now it's really hard to start on that home-based learning thing. I hate it. Staring at the computer, the lifeless thing, to learn something. I hope I can just whack and finish everything today so that I can go back to doing other things I want to do before switching back to ultimate mugger mode. Off to achieve my goal..!

2009-06-24T00:56:00.002+08:00

I stepped into Botanic Gardens for the first time today! And it was such a good and memorable first time. I expected it to have more flowers and be more colourful than just the different shades of green but still it's quite a majestic place in some ways. But it was the people who made the outing so great. It was really a good evening out, pinicing with the most fun people to be with. I just really enjoy their company. I guess the best part for me was when they attempted to surprise me. There were hints of it earlier on and it made me laugh when they tried to secretly communicate their plans but so loudly. It just makes me happy when friends, especially the closest ones try to give you a good birthday. The night was complete with an attempted kidnap, super good chocolate cake, party hats and sparklers. Thanks to you guys once again! No photos to go along but I just couldn't stand it and had to type abit about tonight.

And I am still considering if I should make another first. To go or not to go?

2009-05-31T23:33:00.002+08:00

I have been relaxing since school ended on Friday! I really should hit the books soon. Must work doubly hard to climb back up! But anyway today was seemed like one of the best days in so long. First was Sentosa with the class, then volleyball session at CCAB, followed by dinner at Mdm Lim's house and playing. It's the kind of life I wish I can live eventually in future, at least I think so for now. Just simply enjoying everything I do, no stress and super carefree. But that kind of day will be over from now on! Ok, maybe after tmr since there's still volleyball tea party. Excited because we'll be blading/cycling to school! We're all good citizens helping to save the earth. Haha. Well, but actually I'm kind of looking forward to having the fulfilment of having productive study sessions too. I do want to get started with my ultimate mugging and regular exercise life. Hope at the end of the holidays I will be feeling super good and confident about everything!

2009-05-16T23:40:00.004+08:00

It has been a while since that Monday. I really had the best match so far, out of all that I can remember at least. The euphoria,the strength in the team, the confidence, the happiness, the pride... It was just all there. We had a nice, good ending and it helped take much of the pain away because we left with no regrets. And we left by living a legacy for the juniors to continue and better.

It was rather touching when Adryl cried for us. After going through months of trainings together, the Year 5s and 6s just blended together.It's sad that just at the peak of our friendship and team spirit, this has to end. When I see them around in school these days, I just really wish we were still training together on the courts, having our good days and bad days together. I'll definitely go back to help and train them. I wish they would train during the June holidays actually because I want to get started on helping them, if not I will have to wait till after A levels. When I see the teachers, I wish we could have those matches with them again or just simply have them around trainings.

Life is just really less interesting and more empty now. There are no trainings to look forward to after school. No more immersing myself in volleyball. I really miss the many trainings we used to have and the furious sweating it all out days and more importantly I miss training with the people.

2009-05-08T23:37:00.002+08:00

The end is such a scary place to start
Everything is torn apart and I don't know where to go from here

It's really how things are now.. But it's not really the end yet. Maybe I shouldn't drown in such emotions yet because there's still one more, one more to fight and show our worth. GIVE IT MY ALL!

2009-05-07T20:44:00.002+08:00

I feel aimless and empty now. Don't know what's next, don't know what to expect. It's gone. We lost to a better team without a doubt but we still weren't playing at our best. We lack the finishing touch. But it's something which we did not manage to find and put in place. It's left to the juniors to find it for the future. I think that was what Jiao Lian was trying to say but I didn't fully understand what she was saying. Felt like there was something more to it.
The more I think about it, the worse I feel. At first I felt okay. I thought we played alright and I tried to be more alert and light and tried to spike well though I never really achieved any of that in actual fact. Then seeing Jurong beat Anderson just pulled me down a lot because if we had played well, we could have seen that happening to us too. Who knows NY or VJ might have been off form that day. We always know how good we can be but we never ever show it. So what's the point. I haven't played at my top form at any competition before as far as I can remember. And my top forms don't last anyway. We aren't very consistent. Sometimes we have it sometimes we don't.
And I have arrived at a conclusion that hard work doesn't get you very far. Yes maybe you'll improve. But it's not enough. You need hard work X1000, attitude and mental strength and probably a whole long list of other things. I feel somewhat a loser. I know we've gained a lot this whole period and I've had the best team and best friends ever. But to see what we worked for vanish is kind of sad. Oh well, someone has to be out. I don't know what I should do for Monday's match though. Should I continue doing what I did to prepare or just go for it and whack? It's our last and I hope that it'll be good. Really hope to show for once how good we can be.. And really hope to end this chapter off decently well.

2009-04-10T22:26:00.003+08:00

I still love Sentosa despite the crowds. I love being there with the volleyballers. If one day I were rich enough and I can own a private beach, how nice would that be. Then the 11 of us can have a private heaven there. The whole place to ourselves. But actually it's quite good to see how others play too. Hah I'm contradicting myself! Today was a good relaxing day in any case. So glad to be away from that all serious and scary usual environment. Sucked in so much energy and cheer from the lovely beach and on-off sun and heavy rain. Hopefully it'll rejuvenate me for the rest of the year! Okay, just at least for three months or so? That will be good. =)

2009-04-03T22:31:00.002+08:00

The day draws nearer and nearer.It's 13 now! Hope we will be able to peak then. Things are looking good so I am pretty optimistic about it. I must persevere!

2009-03-14T18:46:00.002+08:00

The loneliness eats sometimes. I wonder how I used to live in my own little shell, staying at home all day long to do homework and study. Those were the days.. It's so hard to keep myself stuck on my seat for even a couple of hours these days and it's like really boring cause there's no one to talk to during breaks. But I think I will slowly get used to it cause I really am motivated to study now. I really see the need to be focused now because I realise that getting 4 As for all my H2 subjects isn't that easy. I might have thought I can do it if my sister could and became a little complacent subconsciously? Maybe I was just tired after slogging out for so many years of my life and not really enjoying anything. But I have enjoyed enough. Now I have a wonderful CCA and a goal to work towards and also a bunch of good friends. Yes, just a bunch and that is good enough. I should be content with what I have. The rest of it should just be about studying, studying for my own good and for myself. I don't want to end up regretting so as far as possible I must start this holidays. It's a short break and almost half of it will be taken up by SC camp from Monday to Wednesday and trainings. Totally don't mind trainings because it's our last shot and I want to win something this year so the sacrifice is necessary! I suppose I don't really have time to go and bag hunt anymore though so oh well.. just survive with what I have, though it really bothers me sometimes. Just came back from doing that actually. Went all the way to Redhill in hope of finding good offer but nothing really attracted me. I just ended up super tired in the end. In fact I was exhuasted after the second set with VJ today. We played a really good last set anyway but I have to learn to be faster and make my dives worthwhile. I keep going on the floor but the balls I attempt to save don't really get saved.. And I must learn to make my spikes steeper and scarier. Even if I used loads of strength and spike a long range ball, it won't really help us earn a point. So the aim now is to achieve STEEPNESS!

2009-03-14T00:39:00.002+08:00

Friendly with VJ tmr will really tell where our standard is. I'm so excited. Hope everyone will be on form! =)

2009-03-07T20:06:00.003+08:00

Jiao lian's words hit hard today. Made me feel so bad for saying that today. I was just being too defensive and ended up being really rude. Maybe this isn't the first time, maybe that's why she hardly tells me what's wrong with me. I think i changed for the worse, like I'm quite rude now. And it makes me think about how rude I can get with my mum too. Really don't wish to continue being like that, so I hope I will change for the better from today onwards. And what she, Mr Tay, Mr Ng and Iris said today made me wonder.. Perhaps we've all really been too individualistic and self-centred. Or maybe it's just me. It's really what Mr Tay talked to me about before. I never gave it too much thought then. I always want to play better and improve. No doubt there are times when I think I should get a point back to make up for the lost of point due to my lousy serve or whatever it could be or that I must help the team win. But apart from that I'm just thinking I have to play better than that. Like as an individual. From today on, I must think I'm improving for the team, to help us progress. What they said about the lack of communication was something I never realised. We used to think something was lacking but couldn't pin-point on anything. I guess this is it. I think it's just hard sometimes to tell people where they've gone wrong cause you're afraid they may be offended or something along that line. Hopefully we can be more open in the future. And I don't know what made me cry today.. The guilt? The realisation that we haven't been working as a team? I think I'm like overly emotional these days and I'm not liking it. I guess everyone just goes through some period of "crisis" at some point in their lives. I want to be stronger like I used to be!

And I keep thinking about the looming A levels too. It will come soon and I'm like freaking out over how to get 4As and land a place in SMU because obviously my results aren't showing. I do get really worried sometimes, especially when I think I've studied hard but end up flunking my test. There's just something super wrong with my study methods and just me perhaps. But after going through certain things, I'm more motivated now. Can't waste all that effort!

2009-03-01T14:03:00.002+08:00

Been in a pretty weird mood and feeling quite tired recently. Can't exactly pin point what is this I am going through. It just sways here and there. Maybe it's just a monthly thing.

2009-02-21T23:22:00.001+08:00

Things have not really been smooth sailing. If bad things come in threes, I think I have had it. So where are my 3 good things now?

2009-01-25T00:31:00.002+08:00

I'm getting weirder, crazier etc by the day. My brain is shrinking they say. Haha. Feels quite good actually. No, not about the shrinking brain, but moving away from being serious and fierce and whatever else all the time.

School's cool. Been enjoying so far, except for the certain long days. And I really love being able to play/self-train in the mornings when the air is so cool and fresh. 2 plus more months or so I think... A pity we don't get to go gym because going to gym then doing all the running really makes me damn fit. Never felt as healthy as that before. But I really love the new indoor sports hall. Besides the fact that the fans don't work. Maybe I'm disillusioned or something but it gives me the impression that I can jump higher in there. Haha. Oh well, anyway just give it our all and train hard!

2009-01-11T10:20:00.002+08:00

Fun's out, school's in! Okay not exactly, it's orientation this whole week first before we go into full force studying. Can't believe that all of this is happening so fast. Not ready at all for what is coming ahead!

Anyway I really love the indoor volleyball court in school. It felt so good training in there yesterday and having continuous matches. Soon we'll be playing the real matches at CCAB again perhaps. Our last shot! So I better give it my 1000%. I must get myself moving at home and do the stuff I need to do. No part of my volleyball skills is good now. Spikes can't kill as often as I want it to. Service seems really bad now. Just feeding nice easy balls for the opponents to receive or just smash the ball into the net. Super slow at receiving. New method of being on the balls of my feet doesn't help me move faster! There's loads to do! LOADS!

2009-01-05T23:00:00.003+08:00

There are tonnes of things to be done in this short week and loads that needs to be enjoyed this week too! Hai.. I wish this week can just pass really slowly. That big thing isn't ready, so soon yet.. I never ever seem to have the time to devote to it. Far cry from what I did for that orientation we planned years ago for the little ones. Hah. My homework..only half or less is completed. And I get really discouraged when I can't do my maths. Simply gives me headaches.
And things are just DAMN BAD now. DAMN BAD. No mood to continue blogging. BYEBYE.
Something just broke.

2008-12-24T20:35:00.002+08:00

The stayover cooking, baking and wii session at Melissa's house was awesome. I think cooking and baking are realy really fun. Especially when you have a good oven and that electric cake mixer. If I have both of that, I'll really bake more often. Our attempt at Shephard's Pie was really successful! And it's quite easy to make! I should cook it one day before school starts and I have even lesser time to get busy in the kitchen. I think the brownie an cake we baked turned out well too, at least they looked yummy. Oh and if only Wii was less expensive then I can have one set at home. It combines entertainment with exercise. Haha

2008-12-21T23:27:00.002+08:00

Three weeks and ankle isn't okay! Hai..

2008-12-17T23:42:00.002+08:00

I see a pile of homework waiting for me. I see rolls of cloth waiting for me to order someone to use them. I see the Year 5s 09 waiting to have a blast at orientation. I see someone waiting for me to be a free bird. I see that I have to work ten thousand times as hard to lose weight, jump higher, spike better and be a superb, excellent, wonderful, chao qiang player.

I SEE A NEED TO FIND MORE TIME TO DO ALL THAT I NEED TO DO.

Christmas is coming. That is worrying. Not that I dislike christmas but after christmas comes the new year then comes the new school term then comes the A division competition, our last chance, then comes A levels. Make or break. It's all coming too soon and too fast. The fight we had last year isnt burning anymore. The long trainings are gone, I think we're not doing enough(and still I don't have enough time for other things). Neither is the one goal present, we are divided still. We're always missing people here and there from trainings, not what I like definitely, but some are genuine reasons, you can't not accept them. Champions..? Not at this rate. Top 4.. maybe.. I dare not believe but believing helps you achieve your goal. But I have fallen too many times. I know I have not worked hard enough, I failed to find the right way to manage my life. Hopefully today will be a turning point. It's going to be hardwork, real hardwork. Jump, jump, jump. Reach and skies and hang up there! BOOM! Kill the one on the other end.

2008-12-17T23:22:00.003+08:00

STRESSED OUT! I'm suffering the same thing as ZX did. Nice pretty shirts, same comfort, better printing, cheap and making its appearance in a month or less. OMG!

2008-12-15T22:45:00.003+08:00

It's weird to blog about Taiwan trip only now because it has been quite long. But to sum it up, Taiwan is an awesome place for shopping, has a super great weather in late November to early December, has good and yummy xiao chi(it's a pity we didn't get to try more) and is a country which embraces sports much more than Singapore. The people there are really nice and friendly too and their classrooms are filled with energy. One more thing, their teams play at a different level. The trip was just really good. The only bad thing was i sprained my ankle while warming up before the first match! It's been almost 2 weeks and it hasn't recovered! =(

Anyway, here's a really nice Golden Retriever at Xi Men Ding.The largest I have ever seen so far. It's quite a bit bigger than my two dogs! But I think it's chain is way too short. Poor thing.

I really want to go back toTaiwan again, with my family hopefully. One day after the recession maybe. Haha. It's a totally awesome place to be holidaying at.

2008-11-26T23:24:00.002+08:00

I really need to reorganise my life and the way I am. Sometimes I wish I can be a little bit more sensitive, sensible, independent, humorous, light-hearted, stylish... The list goes on...

2008-11-24T22:03:00.002+08:00

Taiwan trip is next week and this time I really feel very unprepared for the trip. It's probably the first time I am going to a place where the weather is cool. Super afraid I'll feel super cold there or end up over-wrapping cause I have no idea what it may be like! But I'm pretty excited about it. First team trip and we're going to have matches with some schools over there. Of course there's always the down side, leaving my nice and cosy home, my family and j. Hmm.. but 5 days is quite short so I guess it isn't that bad.

Oh and soon I think the A Div team will transform to a pro-looking team with the full volleyball gear and hopefully a true-blue pro team. Time to work hard and work towards our goal. Must always have that in mind!

2008-11-17T20:19:00.004+08:00

I guess I have decided to take things as it comes.. But I am so going to prove jiao lian that I can jump! Will work hard at it! May the perseverence and hard work stay with me!

Missing Mel and Adie.. Come back quick!

2008-11-12T21:09:00.002+08:00

Confusion is setting in and not going away. I am very unsure of how things will go or end up and I have little faith in myself. Should I just let the current take me or try to make my own stand? But yet, I dare not defy. This is a whirlwind period for me as I try to find my placing.It's something that I have never had to face before and now... I guess I finally understand how it feels. The pressure is immense, the current drowns me sometimes. I am just bobbing up and down in the sea. Surfacing sometimes, down under sometimes but no doubt still struggling.

Anyway, first part of training today was DRAINING. It was just the gun di segment. BRUISE. SCRATCH. CUT. BREATHLESSNESS. UNCONTROLLABLE BREATHING. SUPER DRY MOUTH. But I am going to conquer rolly-polly soon! I must!

2008-11-06T21:14:00.001+08:00

Tmr is THE BASH! Hope everything runs smoothly and goes well and fun. I'm looking forward to it now that I have found the perfect clothes to wear for tmr. So excited!

2008-11-04T00:02:00.002+08:00

OP is over! So there's only I&R left to hand in tmr and I can kiss goodbye to PW until I receive my results next year! I'd say this whole experience has been draining, especially when it's going on concurrently with the school term. But after that it became a more fun experience and I think it allowed me to know my classmates better and feel less.. isolated from them. Through the course of PW, I saw that everyone was there to listen and give help to one another. It's just a really nice feeling.

Well and with this major thing over. Here comes the YEAR END BASH. We really have to work hard and give it this final push. The house committee has the responsibility to make it a blast for those turning up. Really thankful for all those supportive people out there. =) After this week and all the AAR I will take one good week of break and then maybe I will get myself started on revising stuff.. Hmmm.. if I can get myself started that is.

2008-10-16T00:22:00.002+08:00

I am so tired! PW requires A LOT of energy and is super draining but I must persevere! This whole ride has been rather tough and I am sure there are more tough times to come. I'm really looking forward to having a good sleep this weekend before starting on OP.

2008-10-10T23:47:00.001+08:00

WORRIED SICK!

2008-10-06T23:56:00.002+08:00

Finally I can heave a sigh of relief. Promos ended on a pretty good note and for the first time in one plus to two months, I went out and today I managed to just use the computer for as long as I want. Super happy that all that is over but I are not think what comes next. Can't wait for the school year to really end! And CAN'T WAIT FOR JAY CHOU'S NEW ALBUM! =)

2008-08-03T19:32:00.002+08:00

Wasted a lot of time today during CIP. We were made to wait again and again. I think it amounts to a few hours. My precious time and my precious sleep! I really think the event should have been better organised. I can safely say even our school events are better planned and more organised than theirs. Oh well, maybe it's because theirs is a rather big scaled one.

First bigger project coming up for me! YEAR END BASH! I really want it to succeed. Senior High really needs something cool and fun to break out of the.. conservative ways and mind-sets. I haven't really seen the happenings in other schools and all yet but I think we people are probably missing out on quite a bit. We're like in this school for 6 years, no new intake of students in Senior High, staying in the same environment. I think it's qutie hard to break out of the secondary school mode that way because our surroundings hardly change. But I love the school for its homely feel. =)

2008-07-27T00:05:00.002+08:00

Not blogging for so long is testimony to how busy I am. Maybe I really did bring it upon myself. But reading blogs of other people, I realise everyone's caught with the busy bug. We're all feeling the same way, suffocating under the work load. My momentum didn't last for long. At one point of time I was way ahead in terms of all the tutorials. It felt really great and I thought I was finally getting it. Well, I am still motivated. But the sudden influx of long days tires me out.

We really live in a fast-paced society. Sometimes I feel like I can't even breathe. I can't even have my dinner in peace. It has to be coupled with reading of newspapers or studying. When will this end? In fact, will it ever?

As for volleyball, Mr Tay's words a few weeks ago had a rather big impact on me. I think after the A Div competitions this year we became less hardworking. But now the momentum is back and the will and want to improve is so strong. It's our last chance next year and I want to have my first self-attained volleyball title ever! Towards our goal, we train!

2008-07-05T17:28:00.002+08:00

This week has been a really really tough week. Every single aspect of my life just added to my misery. Well, Sports Carnival overall results yesterday was quite disappointing. My house's bonus teams crashed out of the competition so although we had some good results in other sports, we still came out last. It was really quite painful to hear the results at the end of the whole thing cause I felt like it was my fault. Soccer girls bonus team died in my hands at penalty. The carnival was overall fun, but the outcome kind of spoilt my mood and also certain things that happened. Not the overall outcome but the fact that the bonus teams didn't do as well as expected. But I know the teams have put in effort. Yup and the dispute with the Homa Vball team.. Sigh I've got no idea why I was that fierce/angry as other people observed. It was definitely not because the opposing team was Bennu, that didn't affect anything at all. I guess I was just angry that people were not playing fairly, and the lousy mood kind of added on so I was really angry? Sorry to those people and to anyone else I might have been really fierce too. Maybe I need anger management classes.

Anyhow, I must say that the touch rugby guys team played really hard. I was watching them more than others. Somehow they were playing at times when I was free. They really chionged and fought very very hard. At the end of it I think they were just really exhausted. But I'm sure all the other teams went all the way out to do our house proud. I guess that's the most important thing and the thing that leaves us with no regrets.

2008-06-29T00:14:00.005+08:00

Thank you all of you!

Pretty..

2008-06-17T21:41:00.003+08:00

I'm enjoying my holidays and I want it to last forever! I'm tuned out for work and tuned in for more volleyball and fun and time to relax!

2008-06-12T22:15:00.000+08:00

What a bad night.

2008-06-02T22:45:00.002+08:00

The session at Melissa's house turned out great. The supposed "auntie" session became kind of.. Oh well, watched bimbo shows. I didn't know there existed so many Bring It Ons. The third one is the ultimate, I haven't seen anything more bimbo than that. & The rest happily painted their nails but I didn't. Maybe next time! And as usual we had food. Mel's mum and sister are super nice. They prepared all the food for us. There was popiah! Something I had been craving for and asking my mum to buy ingredients to cook. And I'm still waiting although I already got to eat it. Haha. It was just good relaxing time today. The way holidays should be. =) And tomorrow is Sentosa time! We have pretty exciting plans for next week too. If they work out we'll be spotted at Wan Ting's house some day and Zhi Xin's house some night. Looking forward!

Oh and having a big dog in the house is so cool! I want my golden retriever in my house next time too.

2008-04-28T14:34:00.002+08:00

Today while waiting for the ceremony to begin, I sat there thinking. Felt nostalgic all over again. Just thinking about the past, I actually well.. felt like tearing. I was thinking about anything and everything. All the people who came into my life and made a difference. I am happy with all that I have now, but I do miss the old times.

And I was anxiously looking out for Mr Tay. (I knew Mr Ng was around already.) Really wanted the both of them to be there because I wanted them to hear me say thanks although it was just a small part of my thank-you speech. Finally relaxed when I saw them in the hall.

While preparing my speech yesterday, I was thinking if it was appropriate to include them because they entered my DHS life not too long ago. I decided to in the end because they really have made a great impact in my life. Yes, they came into DHS just last year but what they have done, I am really appreciative. I think no words can express how thankful I am. As of today, I must say that they are the best teachers I have ever had. I can't imagine leaving Dunman High at the end of Year 6, putting down all the trainings with the team and the teachers.

On another note, receiving the award is certainly something quite big, and quite unbelievable still though. But I somehow feel like I'm not performing up to standards so far this year. Will have to manage my time better! I feel the motivation to be a more effective captain, study harder and continue to train hard(or even harder actually) for volleyball. Hope the motivation stays with me all the way!

2008-04-27T14:13:00.003+08:00

The volleyball season has ended for us. A bit too soon I would say. Before everything started we had such high hopes and I really felt like we had quite good chances. Not until we went in, and got beaten by all the schools. The match against PJ really should have been won. I don't know what happened. We definitely did not give up, our skills were better except maybe their fang shou was a little more tight. We made a lot of personal mistakes. But that match Zhi Xin really shined. The glimmer of hope was still there though. The match against MJ... well first set was really really bad. Felt like we were all too relaxed or not awake yet. But at least we made a comeback in the second set. Fought and shouted really hard. Although we were down 20-24, we caught up but lost in the end 26-28. I wasn't exactly sad after the match because I felt like we really gave our best and that last set was a high throughout the tournament. And once again we proved that we can fight back and catch up. We just have to remain calm which we still might be lacking a little.

But sometimes thinking about it, we just really want to win that something for ourselves, the school, the teachers, and all who have helped and supported us. It isn't a nice feeling when you have to keep telling people that you have lost the match. Feels like we've let people down, Mr Tay and Mr Ng especially. They believed in us and they were the ones who brought us this far but we weren't able to give them the bonus, the extra thing to cheer about. Yes, I know we've picked up a lot more things through the hard times we have gone through. The friendships are definitely more invaluable than anything else. The volleyballers are the closest friends I have ever had and Mr Tay and Mr Ng are the bests teachers ever. But especially for Zhi Xin, Melissa and I, we've been wanting and working for a medal since Sec 1. We've never tasted what success is like, we've never felt what it is like to get a medal won by ourselves.

At least we still have more chances. It isn't the end of our pursuit yet. Under-19s and next year tournaments! And as Zhi Xin said, it's really up to us, not making wishes at 11.11, japanese amulets, praying or whatever. Although all the encouragements do give us the strength to carry on. Thanks to all! We will continue to train hard and keep our dreams and goal alive!

I live to play volleyball.

2008-04-19T23:17:00.002+08:00

We lost to VJ yesterday but it didn't feel like we lost. I felt the fighting spirit in me throughout the game, probably for the first time. We played well but I think we were all quite scared during the game too. It was our first real match together and this season is like super important to us. It's all that we've been working for. The next two matches are super duper important. We really have to win both! Get into Top 8 and continue fighting our way to Top 4!

And it was only yesterday that I realised that the support is really extensive. So many friends, schoolmates, teachers, ex-teammates and even Mr Tay's friends were supporting us. They rushed down, made posters, and cheered.. It's just really heartwarming. THANKS A MILLION TO ALL YOU GUYS!

2008-03-27T23:09:00.002+08:00

Night out, ice cream, food, photos, RELAX! =)

Love the team!

2008-03-21T22:57:00.003+08:00

Good luck, bad luck. Good news, bad news. No matter what befalls, we're going to FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT our way up. Our Top 4 goal is still attainable. This is a test for us. Hang in there and be strong! We will emerge victorious from this challenge!!

2008-03-21T00:44:00.002+08:00

Groupings for Volleyball Nationals are OUT! I'm really really excited! We can do this!! We've worked so hard so keep going and we'll see results. =)

Friendly today wasn't really good for me though. Hardly or probably never ran in to spike any balls at all. Super a lot of yuan di tiao and balls behind me and obviously that isn't good. But I won't let it happen again! And must go for smart play.

Long weekend is here, hope it'll be productive!

2008-03-17T23:22:00.002+08:00

House Comm's having A LOT of fun now! haha. A toast to us for all the effort! The saturday spent for vice-caps and sunday spent for caps and treasurers and this afternoon too. Let's make it right, make it PERFECT! Now I want inauguration to come. Whoooo!

Friendly again on thursday! EXCITING. Play well, play well, play well. But please, don't crash into the window ledge again. And hope we really go to Holland V for icecream before that! Yumm Yumm!

2008-03-13T00:05:00.004+08:00

Super duper packed holidays. A lot of time spent on volleyball. Litttle time for studies. Worrying but unwilling to spend less time on volleyball. Hard time for house comm matters. Super scary. Hope inauguration will never come.

If only time could stop. Let me chase all that is lost back. Let me get on track again.

2008-03-08T13:16:00.004+08:00

It's the holidays but it isn't really holiday. It's just a one week break from more information overload and time for us to revise all that has been taught and squeeze all that hasn't been drilled into our heads yet into our heads now. But I hardly feel the motivation these days. Not exactly looking forward to class like I did last year. Last year, I could honestly say that I enjoyed studying and I enjoyed learning. For now, I'm struggling to keep in pace. All that I wish my life could revolved about is volleyball, friends and family like the last holidays. But that's just an unrealistic dream of mine. I really wish I could turn back time and live in the past.

One term just flew by, it's the fastest rate it has gone by in any case. And just let this whole thing go once more and it's our common test. Okay but that aside. I must get myself back on track!

And I just want to say this to all my teammates. JIA YOU! I know we face ups and downs but don't lose hope. We've worked this hard and come this far, don't turn back now. The only way we can go is up!

And to the House Committee, we are to set the legacy. We must leave behind something that everyone will remember fondly. It's a tough job given that we're all lost and have this fixated mindset and limited ideas in DHS. But let's not let the trend continue to be as such, we must let Senior High enjoy the "JC life"!

2008-02-26T19:55:00.002+08:00

I have my crazy days like this.

2008-02-22T23:23:00.002+08:00

On a losing streak. BREAK OUT OF IT! Better play, better play... ...!!

2008-02-15T22:30:00.002+08:00

CNY holiday was really good. Although much of the time was spent sitting around, watching TV or watching the little kids and getting their attention, it was a good break. The cousins went bowling on the 2nd night. And I have this announcement to make, I had a score of 108! First time I hit above 100. Hehe. =) We watched a midnight movie and went ice-skating over the next two days too. I conclude that ice-skating isn't that fun and it's super expensive! Roller blading is probably much better.

But now it's back to reality again. The piles of homework, the piles of this and the piles of that and it doesn't help that I'm constantly worrying and thinking about something.

2008-02-05T23:01:00.000+08:00

CNY is just 2 days away. I am totally not in the mood yet despite seeing the decorations around and hearing CNY songs. I wonder if we get less and less of the festivity mood as we grow older until one day we have to do the preparations all be ourselves. New year clothes buys have dropped this year too. I don't have a single new bottom to wear. Don't know how I am going to survive new year. Oh well, but still HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR everyone!

2008-02-01T22:38:00.000+08:00

It's really hard to tell yourself to keep going when you are not improving. I don't want to give up but I don't know how to psycho myself to be happy all the time. I really wonder if anyone can be so strong, I wonder if Mr Tay has ever had his dark days. I've been going downhill since long long ago. The improvements are never all-round or sustainable. The most demoralising of all would be spiking. There's so many things to consider and think about in that one split second. And when Mr Tay means well and tries to encourage me, I think I sink even further inside. I really tried to tell myself to jump higher today but I couldn't do it still. Maybe I lost the concentration, or got lost in my own thoughts. AHHH! I have to urge to scream out loud but I have no where to do that. SAVE ME! Let the next training or next time I'm going to touch the volleyball be better. It's time to go back up, I have been down for too long. I can do it! I just have to relax and build up the confidence in me. Put my best effort in and use all the strength I have at that point of time. Someone please give me the strength to carry on!

Anyway, I feel super exhausted these days. I'm not exactly super sleepy all the time that I crave to sleep, neither am I exactly tired physically as in like no real muscle aches or anything, except when I have to squat to receive balls. I even felt like crumbling down on Wednesday. I think I just need a day when I finally have nothing to do. All homework done, no volleyball, no committments, nothing to think or worry about. I worry too much these days. Everyday on my way home I will feel damn stressed over the work I have to do but the limited time I have. I will go crazy at this rate. I'm still not used to this tutorial and lecture thing. We have to do and read ahead so it's like never ending. And then I worry about whether I can survive GP and Econs. Sigh...

Mr Yong won't be teaching us anymore. Sad. I started out not liking him. But after that first lesson, he's like totally okay and in fact good. Oh well...

Mr Tay just made a great discovery! There are 60 student members in the volleyball team! WOW. We really have grown A LOT.

2008-01-28T22:07:00.000+08:00

Omg. Today's match play during training was just PATHETIC. Two more months or even less and we're going to face other JCs! But if we can't even put up a fight to our juniors, what more to other A div teams. Somehow today was worst than previous matches we played during trainings. Everything just went down to zero. I felt really hopeless and disappointed with myself. Couldn't do anything well at all. All of us have to work super duper hard and be ji ji for training. We really need to stop wasting time like we've been doing the past two weeks. The limited court space really sucks too.

JIA YOU! We have to keep putting up a fight! Don't lose heart!

2008-01-27T18:27:00.000+08:00

I am super tired! Bought nothing again from our supposedly "New Year Shopping Trip". Only Melissa got one top. Hahaa. Seriously the number of buys each year is just going down slope. Ahhh what to do?! There isn't much time left to buy clothes..

And my muscles really ache from gym yesterday. For the first time, I sweat in the gym and felt really exhausted. Legs are super tired from power training too. Striding 3 times of 600m really takes a lot of energy and mental power. Hopefully everything that we do will really help us though. It's only about 2 more months to Nationals! Going by the rate that time is passing these days, the time will come really soon.

The past week hasn't been really great either. Had a couple of bad days and there isn't much to look forward to in school now. Hope all will turn out better soon!

2008-01-26T18:39:00.000+08:00

Jay Chou's World Tour 2008 - 18 January

2008-01-19T00:09:00.000+08:00

I LOVE JAY CHOU!! The concert was seriously super duper high and fun! I was singing along throughout or at least was trying to. And I was on the edge of my seat every single minute, yes even right from the start, when I was sitting. Didn't really stand up during the concert cause the people around weren't so it's kind of weird. But it was totally high at the end. Like most people got on their feets and jumped around. I had so much fun! My seat was by the side of the stage too so it was pretty close to the corner, so whenever he came out from that side it was like super good!! And there were times when he faced us too =) Oh yes and the bantering between NQMM and Jay Chou was super funny. They are so cute! And their new versions of songs are like really cool too. We sang Happy Birthday for him too because well, it's his birthday today. And when you hear him saying things like "xin jia po ren de ge mi shi zui re qing de" or something like that, you just feel really happy. Oh and he was like saying how many celebrities would actually perform on their birthdays and he is cause singapore is special! He can dance pretty well too. He must be the most multi-talented artist ever, playing the gu zheng, drums, diabolo, shuang jie gun and piano. There was this segment when he and Yu Hao played the song from Secret when they two were competing. It was really super fast.

Hehe I'm like going crazy over Jay Chou already but seriously the concert was good. The atmosphere, costumes, dancers, bantering... WHOO! I would sit through the whole thing again and again! Or I should say sing and this time stand through the whole thing!

Photos will be up soon! =)

2008-01-06T11:47:00.000+08:00

We're 6 days into the new year already but everything still feels pretty much the same. I still feel like a secondary school kid and no where near 17. It doesn't really feel like a fresh start, probably because I had no celebrations or countdowns whatsoever on new year's eve.

So anyway, orientation was FUN. A little short I think but I don't suppose the school would let us continue playing more. HOUSE B actually got CHAMPION for the orientation. That's a really good start. =) The best parts of orientation would be Jam Night and Fright Night. Everyone got really high on Jam Night jumping around and all. And Fright Night was super thrilling and exciting. It was like trying to solve some complicated mystery. Our mass dance is pretty cool too!

Well but all that fun has come to an end. It's time to face all the studying and homework tmr already. I am scared! We've got to buy GCs and uniform too. That's like a lot of money. Why did they change the syllabus and make us buy GCs only to not use them after 2 years? Hmmm... just hope everything goes smoothly and Senior High life would be fun despite the much hardwork and effort needed to be put into studying. All the best everyone!

2007-12-31T21:34:00.000+08:00

I'm back from Thailand! Came back yesterday actually. The trip was full of shopping and more shopping only. I can imagine Zhi Xin going crazy at this mall called Platinum. It's like maybe 5 times of Far East? She'll probably need to buy another luggage. Well shopping it was but I didn't really buy a lot of things. My sister did and hers will be mine too. So i guess we increased our wardrobe selection by a little. I fell sick yesterday too. Woke up in the morning with a slight fever, body ache, super bad cold and slight sore throat. It was quite crazy. I was tearing quite a bit thanks to my nose. Thank goodness I woke up feeling much better today I was fit enough for training. And also thank goodness I only fell sick on the last day of the trip. That's all about the trip, nothing too special happened.

Well, so it's the last day of 2007. Everything seemed to have zoomed by. And this is my most unhappening new year eve too. Sitting at home using the computer, no parties, no countdowns to attend. Hmmm...Christmas was like that too. I think the nothing-much-to-do state will continue tmr too. That can be considered a good start eh. No worries at all, just getting a good rest! =)

Anyway, I'm getting a bit of the pre-school jitters. Haha!

2007-12-15T16:12:00.000+08:00

I look at the calendar and realise how little time I'm left with this holidays. TWO WEEKS! TWO WEEKS to the new year. I'm scared of 2008. I don't want it to come. A new year just means tough decisions to make, the tough life of a Year 5 and the coming of Volleyball Nationals. And not forgetting, the end of work at Ben and Jerry's. I've made nice friends at B&J but will these friendships be kept or lost once I leave the place? I wish holidays could last longer. It started as a slow holiday but now time is passing so quickly again. Going away for holiday for 5 days doesn't really help anything at all. I'm left with about one week to work and do anything else I have not but want to this holidays.

I dont't want 2007 to end at all. This has been the best year for me by far. Yes, no doubt there were disappointing moments like the East Zones, U-16 Competition. There were sad times like the departure of a good friend, the setbacks met in studies and other things. The list goes on. But at the end of it all, I think it's been my most productive year. The most time I've ever spent on Student Council matters, learning to lead better as the days, weeks and months went by. I thank the teachers and seniors for giving me the chance, really. I had much fun with 4J too. We were so much more bonded and together as one compared to our Year 3 days. Academics wise, although there were dips but all turned out well. I faired good for end-of-years. Thanks to moderation or not, my GPA improved. It made up for that drop in mid-year. I volunteered for Xperience and it was a really good and enriching experience. I feel like I really have done A LOT this year, most accomplishments EVER. That's why I don't want the year to end. I don't want the new year to come because I don't think I can ever do as much as I did. It kind of brings in THE question again, something I don't like thinking about cause I never get an answer. Before I go on about the same thing I blogged about before 2 months or so ago, I just want to end off by saying, being through so many things, I have matured and grown so much more and possibly become a happier person too. 2007 has been really great!

2007-12-09T13:02:00.000+08:00

I'm back from CAIRNS! Certainly did have fun there. It wasn't a leadership training camp but more like a leisure camp all the way. Snorkelling at the Great Barrier Reef took my breathe away, especially the first look down. All the pretty colours! We spent a lot of time in the water spotting things, enjoying the beatiful corals, fishes and all. It was really good. We could see the Reef when we were taking the plane too. And we didn't just see patches, we could see the colours too. It was really pretty. I love the boat ride out too. I don't even know if that should be considered a boat, but it was Seastar Cruise anyway. Super nice to be sailing out into the sea, looking at the endless sea and with the strong winds blowing against you. Wu bian we ji! The water was quite clear out there too. I want to go on that boat again!

White water rafting was quite exciting and thrilling too. Through all the rapids and all. Foward paddle! Hold on! Get down! Back paddle! Stop! We jumped into the water at less fast rapids and let the water carry us down. Some people dropped in from the boat but all were safe. Mr Low hit his head hard on the rock, but thankfully for the helmet and his strong neck, head and everything he was safe. My boat was at the side so we saw it all. We were supposed to do Level 3-4 but I guess it was super duper dangerous with the deaths and bad injuries there so I am happy with the Level 2 we did.

We had some breathtaking views on the Skyrail too. Enjoying the lush greenery from the cable car. The ride was super funny because of 3 dearest people who shouted and screamed everytime we reached and went past the connecting parts of the cable just because it was slightly not as smooth.

Those were the three main activities we did. We visited the Koala Park too. So we got up close with Koalas and kangaroos. Did a bit of shopping over there too. And spent a bit of time at the lagoon there called Esplanade and it was by the beach anyway. The place is really cool. Singapore should have something like that too! It's like a public pool with an irregular shape which isnt that deep. The closest thing we have to that is the rooftop place at Vivo. The water at the lagoon is deeper though. We visited their fruits and vegetables market too. Everything was so fresh. And the cabbage and watermelon there are probably twice the size of what you get here. We tasted the mango and all of it was sweet.

The people there were really nice anyway. All of them were warm and friendly and polite. I think we all have something to learn for them. They will just ask for your camera to take a photo for you when they see a group of people and one person taking a photo with the rest in. When will you get that in Singapore? All the people we met were nice, the bus drivers, the cruise crew, the guides on the rafting trip and the sales people. Everyone. As for the weather, it was HOT. SUPER HOT. More of like ultimate sunny I should say. It's sun sun sun everywhere you go as long as you're outdoors. Probably cause there aren't as many trees there compared to Singapore. I think the UV rays there are stronger too so every single one of us got tanner. Some got bad sunburns. Other than that Cairns is really a nice place to be at. The place is like quite peaceful and much less busier than Singapore. It's quite nice to walk on the streets with few cars and few people. I miss Cairns! I want to go out into the ocean again! I want to raft again! But at the same time I'm glad to be back home.

2007-12-03T16:10:00.000+08:00

Class postings out!! No, it should be civics group. My class is quite cool! Got a bunch of people I know and I can clique with. Yuan Wei, Ting Pei and Joshua!! YAY! A lot of unknowns but nevermind. I'm overall HAPPY. Forgot about it actually cause I was busy packing my luggage and suddenly I received Yuan Wei's message. "Hello fellow 5C32ian xD" I almost literally jumped at that and I went like OMG out loud and ran to my computer, switched it on and looked at who else would be my future civics group mates. Alright, going off already. Leaving for Cairns soon!! =)

2007-11-28T23:12:00.000+08:00

Just realised I haven't blogged for quite a few days already. Life has been pretty packed. And when it is, I wish I have time to slack at home but when I get the time to slack at home, I want to get out there and do something instead. The grass is always greener on the other side.

Anyway, I was so glad that I finished all my GP Journals actually. But now I feel like CRAP after reading the Year 5s' comments. CONFIDENCE LEVEL FOR GP IS ZERO!!! I wonder how anyone scrap through at all. Sian. Can't believe I have to face it in one plus month's time. GP Package should be called Demoralising Package instead. Super duper scared of Year 5 now. I don't want to grow up! RAH!

Cairns trip next week. Pretty excited and hope I'll have fun cause I'm the ONLY Year 4 in my group. They are soooooo mean to do that to me okay. I don't even know who else I have in my group. Hope I will get by well. Don't want to end up paying a thousand plus for a sad experience. Ok must tell myself it will be fun. Yes it will be! Don't know when I'll be packing my bag since I'm working on Saturday and Sunday both closing shift. Wish I could work opening though. I prefer waking up early than coming home late. Oh well, just found out today that we'll be checking in at Belt 6 of Terminal One. Around where we sent Zhuo Wen off, the sad place of departure.

I don't know why but today I'm just negative about things and scared about what will happen.

2007-11-24T21:08:00.000+08:00

怎麼隱藏我的悲傷
失去妳的地方
妳的髮香散的匆忙
我已經跟不上
閉上眼睛還能看見
妳離去的痕跡
在月光下一直找尋
那想念的身影
... ...

心裡的眼淚模糊了視線
妳已快看不見

2007-11-24T00:36:00.000+08:00

Yay! I'm so glad I got to talk to Zhuo Wen. Haha. Kept hoping he would come online and just as I was about to go he came. And I'm relieved he got my message. Hehe. Anyway, for once after so long, I finally really cried. Stepping down from SC and graduating and parting with the class all didn't have any adverse effect on me. So, JERRY be honoured!

Ok anyway, MSN is evil to me!! Sharing folders keep causing my whole MSN to close. RAH! I want my photos! The ones with Zhuo Wen included. Maybe I shall delete the whole thing and re-install since updating didn't help

2007-11-23T20:57:00.000+08:00

(I had to put this picture too so that you'll see the change in expression)

We got the last look at him before he left, until maybe 7 months later we won't see him again. He had better keep his word and come back to Singapore. Visit us at least. It was a really emotional thing. Some of us were just holding back as much as we could but we just gave in when we saw him walk through the gate. When he turned back to look at us all, it was like.. I can't really describe it. But it was just sad for all of us. Why part so early? I wish we got more time with him. Wish we could talk more, go out more, play volleyball together more.

I am glad that at least I got to go out with him once. And it was a great time out. Watched "Enchanted", played pool and had dinner together. Hopefully 7 months down the road, it'll be a sweet fairytale and happily ever after like the movie. MUST stay in contact with him and hopefully he'll come back to Singapore to study or something. Then we can still meet on a regular basis.

He's seriously a very very very nice friend. Lame he is but it makes time spent with him fun. And he always has something to talk about so even for someone like me who runs out of topics almost all the time, there will still never be silence when with him.

So yes, keep your word Zhuo Wen! We want to see you again next July/August!

Remembering the cake he gave for my birthday...

Much appreciated Zhuo Wen!! And I have to say again it was really yummy. =)

2007-11-20T14:35:00.000+08:00

The extremely packed and busy week has passed. Stayover at Zhuo Wen's house, volleyball camp, class chalet, work, volleyball trainings and Sentosa. So many things happened I don't think I can blog about them one by one anymore. It'll take me ages and my post will be the longest ever.

Oh well, but anyway I was that busy that I didn't have time to use the computer at all. And it was late nights and early mornings continuously. So I was lacking a lot of sleep. Thank goodness I still felt awake once I started training or working or playing. And the week was so packed I just want to not do anything now. No GP thing for me! I just want to rest. Totally didnt visit the forum at all for the 2nd discussion topic and I'm still pretty mush clueless as to what to put into my journal.

Trainings have given me muscle aches almost everytime. So there's perpetually no one day with no muscle ache(s). But nevermind, feels good. =)

I don't want this week to pass. I don't want Friday to come.

2007-11-13T20:40:00.000+08:00

Volleyball camp was fun! First ever and succesful! It was very much like a leisure camp actually. Slow-paced, loads of free time, fun games like blind mice and water bomb. We used lip stick to draw on each others's faces. We attempted to attack Mr Tay while he made a lot of us victims. We celebrated Si Ya's birthday and had cake on our faces. We had a good tea party/lunch.

But the down part was I was super crappy during trainings and matches. I think I was going mad, demoralised, sad and angry all at the same time. The style was fun but it wasn't my day or rather days. It's hard to pick myself up after not being able to play well for a while. Something I'm aiming to overcome!!

Anyway I think the Year 2s to 4s mix around really well. Three cheers to Dunman High Volleyball Team! Let's achieve greater heights! MEDALS MEDALS MEDALS!

2007-11-11T16:04:00.000+08:00

I actually miss work! Worked for two days already and I'm like having a super long break. Not going back there again until Friday. It's really fun and everyone there is nice. I'm still learning though. Don't know a lot of things yet. Like what goes into the different Sundaes and even the seemingly easy scooping of ice cream. It's seriously a skill to make the ice cream twirl and get the right amount & right shape. I MUST master it soon. I still managed to serve a few customers yesterday though. Not perfect but it was quite okay. The pressure sets in when one of them watches me and tries to guide me though. I'll get really scared of making mistakes so I end up handing over the job or something. I'm going to over come that fear on Friday! Must be a quick learner. I can do it!

Stay over at Zhuo Wen's house was good. Steamboat was satisfying as usual and Wii Boxing can really be a good workout. I was sweating A LOT after playing. Really going to miss that guy when he leaves...

2007-11-07T20:15:00.000+08:00

I got a job at B&J! Well, trying out for a week. Pray that all goes well! I was flushed up even before I walked into the shop to enquire and still was when I walked out. Really excited about it. But now the fear is kicking in. First real job! OMG! And I realise I didn't really ask clearly about everything. Like how I'll get paid, whether Friday's training or am I kind of like starting work already. And work had better not clash with any trainings. The manager should have got it when I said I have training thrice a week. Will have to sort it out, on Friday I guess. Honestly, if I have to miss trainings, I'm going to leave the job. Sorry manager. Hopefully he understands since he was a volleyballer himself in poly or something. Late nights seems like a sure thing in no time and for starters, I'm working on Saturday and Sunday too. Morning most probably, manager says. HAVE TO go for stay over at Zhuo Wen's house so things better be in place! Haha I'm a really picky employee.

2007-11-05T20:15:00.000+08:00

Just that close but we lost it again. We made a lot of personal mistakes today. But this is the source of motivation for us. Going to work really hard. We really want to aim high and reach our goals. I should probably make it a point to go to the gym to train up since there's so much time this holidays. Kind of lazy to look for a job already and I don't want my job to restrict my freedom to play volleyball anytime. Shall see how...

Anyway, it's confirmed. I'm going for Jay Chou's concert! Don't know which category tickets my brother's girlfriend got but it should be decent at least.

2007-11-02T23:48:00.001+08:00

For the first time ever, I think we truely felt HAPPY. It was a hard fought victory over St Hilda's. We came back from losing the first set and being 6 points behind in the second set. It was 18-24 but we never gave up and we pressurised them quite a bit I think. We're another step closer to the second round of the competition!! It's really good to be confident and determined to win. Honestly, for the first time ever I felt so sure I wanted to win and was so sure we were going to make it happen. I was starring hard at the opponents and speaking to myself in my head that we were going to and had to beat them. Really glad that we won. Everyone did well today. Spirit was up and it certainly plays a super important part in winning. Never-say-die! That's the way every match should be. Fight till the end. Monday's match is against Pei Cai and we're going to keep the spirit up and do our very best again ya. Yes, we will win if we want to and fight for it!

2007-10-31T21:42:00.000+08:00

YAY!! Jay Chou is having his concert on another night! 2 shows for Singapore again! =) I must go!

2007-10-27T22:26:00.000+08:00

I just realised that it's soon going to be the last week of school with J4M. I think being caught up with volleyball and HCL O levels(partially) made me kind of forget that until I saw Vanessa's(the Year 2) blog. Now I'm starting not to feel that happy about missing lessons because of the matches. Was originally qutie glad actually because a lot of the lessons have been pretty boring or if not I'm really sleepy during lesson time. But OMG, last week!! & I'm probably missing a lot of last moments with the class. 4J has seriously been the best class ever. Ok maybe on par with my P6 class but ya you get my point. People from different worlds coming together to form a class. Last year there was still more or less the GEP and non-GEP divide. But it miraculously disappeared this year and oh yes, WE WON THE CLASS LEAGUE! I'm not sure if I'm even allowed to say that. I LOVE J4M totally! Looking forward to the chalet!!

2007-10-24T22:22:00.000+08:00

A lot has happened in these two days. All relating to volleyball that is. Shocking news one after another which we can't do anything more. So to all my dearest teammates, just train hard and give it our best shot ok. No matter what happens, we just must not succumb to the situation. Get over the blows and we'll overcome all odds together. JIA YOU!! Michelle you too! All the best and join us soon again. =)

Anyway, JAY CHOU IS HAVING A CONCERT IN SINGAPORE!! It's on 19 January 2008! I really want to go for his concert this time round even though it's quite pricey. I'm not going to miss out on a good show again! But tickets are almost sold out already, I just pray and hope he is going to have a second show like the previous times.

2007-10-17T21:34:00.001+08:00

Reconsidering again. I think my mind will not be made up till the day I really have to. I'm practically just swaying here and there now.

2007-10-16T23:25:00.000+08:00

I NEVER succeed to sleep early these days. Can't wait for Xperience to be over. Really a tough tough TOUGH time. RAH!!

2007-10-15T00:23:00.000+08:00

My P6 class had a gathering again. And I suddenly realised FOUR YEARS has passed but our friendship has remained. Though we may not be the closest friends but it's so rare that primary school friends still meet up after so long. Really got to thanks Sze Yen and Tag especially. Today was quite fun. We played Twister and Murderer, besides stoning. Talked quite a bit too about the little little things that happened. I don't remember most but Tag does. Hmmm.. the fun old times.. =)

2007-10-13T23:13:00.000+08:00

Not going to play volleyball tommorrow. Super sad! Although there's the P6 class gathering but I really really want to go play vball before going for that. On normal occasions I should be happy since I don't have to decide between the two. But this doesn't mean I don't want to hang out with my P6 classmates though.

We're joining Youth Cup. It's just end of this month. JIA YOU! We're in the same group as our juniors. That's the worst thing. But we don't have a choice. We're so fated that we ended up together. I have to squeeze time out to do PT, got to try to improve asap! Must really play hard and give our opponents a hard hard time as much as possible.

Anyway, kind of went job hunting just now. It's really quite difficult to get one. But I do hope I can get one I like soon and it must not clash with trainings too. I wonder which boss will be so flexible as to take me in. Haha.

2007-10-10T23:49:00.000+08:00

We got back most papers today. Just left with Physics and Biology. My results are not bad, but I was hoping I could do better. LA grades are the most normal and expected I think. Quite disappointed with HCL. Used to be quite good with all the Comprehensions but not so anymore. First time ever I scored higher for Paper 1 then Paper 2. Haha. And Paper 2 marks really pale in comparision to last year's I think. Geography was ok. But I just can't stand the fact that I missed out a easy 4-mark question! If I did that, I might have just gotten an A and not have to pray and hope for moderation. Oh yes, and there was this crappy 8-mark question. If I got what the question was refering to, I really would have been able to point out some things too. Was quite disappointed with Maths too. My most confident subject but didn't manage to do as well as I hoped and thought I would. Well, hope for the better for tmr!

2007-10-09T21:51:00.000+08:00

Today's training was really bad and crappy! Everything was not right or rather most things were not. The atmosphere was bad, the school was super quiet. AND the worse of all, I was WEIRD. Weird's the word cause I can't really describe it. Like feeling kind of angry at myself for playing so badly but behaving like I was happy and being "high". I couldn't control. Is it madness? Looked forward so much to training, rushed to training and ended up having a bad training day. That really isn't the nicest thing to happen. Never got back on form since eons ago. I NEED REJUVENATION! Maybe I should turn to inspiring volleyball videos and what not. Maybe I'll be able to learn a thing or two from there.

2007-10-07T22:24:00.000+08:00

Wow, I haven't blogged in ages. Hardly have the time to these days. On weekdays, I go to school then hang around with friends and by the time I reach home it's night time or late evening. Then I get busy with Xperience or just use the computer. Want to watch my shows but it's really quite difficult to find time to do that. Oh well, at least the reason why I can't do it is that I am having much fun with friends somewhere outside or playing volleyball. And my weekends have been quite packed with activities too. My sister says I'm happening. LOL.

Have to hand in HCL homework tmr but I've only done 3+ zong he tian kongs so far. A whole lot more to go! Anyway, night blading last night was fun! Got to sweat it out quite a bit. We should go blading more often, night or not are both fine.

And today we went to play volleyball at CCAB. Mr Tay asked Melissa, Zhi Xin and I to go, so we went. Mel was freaking out at first and she was so super funny. But everything turned out fine and it was quite fun. Are you glad we persuaded you to go now, Melissa?

Oh ya, a lot of people have gotten jobs already! I want to find one too but I can't take up one now since I can't squeeze out any time for that. But if I wait till the holidays there'll be a swarm of people looking for jobs too. I don't have a choice though, probably going to wait till Xperience ends. Don't even know what sort of job I want to do though. The perfect one would be something like at B&J I think. That may be quite hard to get though. We'll see how it goes after the 21st! For now, I just hope Xperience turns out well!!

JAY CHOU'S NEW ALBUM! Coming out on 2 Nov! Can't Wait! It has a funny title 『我很忙』. How apt for me too. Hehe.

2007-09-26T22:11:00.000+08:00

Life after exams is really PACKED! I never have nothing to do. I'm quite sure I got bored really easily last time after exams but not at all this time. In fact I wish I have more time. I only managed to read the 1st chapter of Harry Potter so far, totally not progressing. But I don't really want to bring it to school because it's so thick. And then there's the thousand piece jigsaw puzzle awaiting me to piece it together and then return to it's rightful owner. It's really difficult especially when I don't have a huge area to spread all the pieces out and leave them them for as long as I want. All the things I have to do at home, but fact is I hardly spend much time awake at home these days, probably only about 5 hours on average. But sometimes it really does feel quite good. Besides Xperience, nothing really gives me stress at all. Feeling so carefree yet not bored is actually quite a good thing =) Oh yes, the rubrk cube is the new craze! When my friend told me the RI guys were all playing with that I totally couldn't imagine. Yet now, I'm kind of into it as well. It's so amazing to see the pieces falling into place after twisting and turning. I think it really helps if you have a good memory, which I don't. So I'm going to keep grabbing Mabel's cube until I can do it myself! haha.

Training tommorrow anyway! Excited! I have not totally recovered from my muscle cramps but hope they will all be gone tmr. Don't want to piao about and be so stiff and feel like falling all the time like the last training anymore!!

2007-09-22T23:35:00.000+08:00

Quite a few of us went for Mr Chia's ROM at Fairy Point Chalet. His wife is quite pretty. Hehe. CONGRATS MR & MRS CHIA! Quite cool to witness them exchange vows and all. =) Anyway, my thighs are really aching A LOT! And then there's the ache at my lower back and my arm. Adie, LWT and Yuan Wei had muscle aches at the thighs too so we were like weird people walking down steps awkardly and making sounds as we sat down.

Volleyball! The thing I moulded at the Dragon Kiln place :)

2007-09-22T00:14:00.000+08:00

Today's such a fun and great day! School was not that fun but it was okay. Just listened to the teachers and those alumni talk, some were quite humorous and interesting. I think it's so cool that some guy from DHS is actually going to work at GOOGLE. haha.

Training today was super good. After a break of like super long, we finally got back to it. And our two new coaches are cool. Cheers to Mr Ng and Mr Tay! Can't walk properly down the stairs especially now after the PT that we did and we didn't do much. Time to train up! Was back to SC duties during the Mid Autumn Festival Celebration in school. Walking and running about up and going down the steps are always a part of what we do. So glad that the celebration is back after the break last year. It was a simple affair this year but it's not bad. =)

Went for supper with Zhi Xin, Melissa, Michelle, Yuan Wei, Zhuo Wen and the 2 teachers and another teacher(Mr Han) at some Commonwealth place. Had good laughs in Mr Tay's car and the coffee shop. Mr Tay sent the 4 of us right home anyway. So nice of him! It wasn't very on the way but he just simply insisted on sending us home. I think we're really lucky to have Mr Ng and Mr Tay with the volleyball team and of course dearest Mrs Bok! :)

This whole week has been great anyway. There's never nothing do and all the stuff I do are quite enjoyable. Definitely got to spend more time with friends. After exams days are good!

2007-09-18T22:47:00.000+08:00

WE CLEANED THE SC ROOM TODAY!! Yay! Cheers to Mabel, Miss Yeo and me! The SC Room is like how much cleaner now. We really threw away loads of stuff and took away loads of lives. Yes..that of disgusting ants, there were 2 huge clusters of them. Don't know what they hiding there for. I think we get that for being next to the track and the drain. Stupid garden ants. YUCKS YUCKS YUCKS! I shiver at the thought of them. Humongous clusters. It freaked me out so much I walked away and Mabel came to my rescue. I could only bring myself nearer cause I wanted to spray the BAYGON to kill them and then I couldn't go back to look further at the dead ants stuck on the wall. SUPER DISGUSTING!!

We threw away loads of stuff anyway. Makes me feel guilty looking at what we threw. But we managed to recycle some stuff. With Cherie there, how can there be no recycling. I love the recycling bins in school. Everyone, use them when you can!

Anyway we had dinner at Suntec after that with Mr Yeo, Yuru and Dinah as well. It was good being with them again. But Mr Yeo brought me to the question of whether to join SC next year or not. I have been thinking about it a lot. Usually ending up thinking I won't join. But I still can't be sure though I think about this every so often. And he said "wo zhi dao ni de xin zai volleyball". My heart is with SC too ok. I really like doing things that we do even the seemingly mundane ushering duties and what not. But I can't explain why I have to continue with volleyball and have to think about it when it comes to SC. All the talk about how we can't get that far like win the championships and also giving up captainship which doesn't require that much actually. But to me, the problem doesn't lie with volleyball. I'm still continuing no matter what. Even if we can't join A div championships next year. Training will still go on as usual and I'm not missing it. It's more like coping with everything. The tonnes of work I expect to get, the good grades I need to achieve, volleyball and add on SC? Thing lies in how much do I have to do in SC I think. If there are like weekly meetings I think it might kill me and I don't want to be some sort of sleeping member or a not commited member if I join SC. So hard eh. I half wish there's no IP then I can happily go to another JC and not bother about thinking whether or not to join that school's council cause I will not! hahah. Ok that's avoiding the problem. Shucks I have to face it. Rahhh.. Think more and put the decision making further off I suppose, till I have to make my final decision.

Oh anyway, real glad that MR LOW IS BACK!! Hehe. He said something to me. He said I rollerblade well and probably better than I play volleyball. Well but those words didn't actually pierce into my heart or anything. I'm not that lousy at volleyball and not that good at rollerblading. I think he just doesn't really know. I prefer to be optimistic! =)

2007-09-15T23:54:00.000+08:00

I went to Velocity just now to catch the beach volleyball matches there with Geoffrey. =) Quite interesting to watch them play. And the team with Jun Yuan's coach won the finals. I was supporting them cause I recognised the coach but I thought the ang-mos would win. AND AND AND I saw MR LIM there. Yes the old coach! The signature blue singlet tucked in and towel tucked into his pants at the back and the high socks. Should have gone to say hi to him, but I was a bit scared. Cos I could imagine him saying or rather asking questions I cannot really answer. Ah..but he was really nice last time when I talked one-on-one with him actually. Just realised that.. So even if I approached him just now it should have been ok. lol. PLUS I saw ZHE BIN. For those of you who went on Kanchanaburi Trip last year, remember him? I was standing there watching the match from inside the shopping mall. Then they had a short break and I suddenly saw him in front of the glass in front of me. He gave me the I-know-you look so I waved and exchanged a few words later. haha. What a small world. Like it's totally unexpected at least Mr Lim is Volleyball related so it's no surprise he's there. And Velocity is quite a lousy mall anyway. I thought it would have been cooler.

Dinner at Fish & Co. was like super filling. Didn't finish my food this time round. Oh right and my cough kept persisting when I was out. Now it's like to the sleeping mode. Cough go away!

2007-09-15T00:20:00.000+08:00

YAY! It's time for us to relax while the other levels work hard now. I think we're like the first to finish our exams in all of Singapore schools. hahah I think I am saying a lot of senseless stuff after exams. Mabel can testify for that. But well didn't actually feel the intense happiness until after SMP. Everyone could enjoy right after the paper today but a poor few of us had to go for SMP. Mabel, Yi Hsin and I had our poster judging today. So we had our presentation and got a MERIT. I was seriously prepared for just participation. But actually, almost every group had Merit at least. haha. Anyway at one part I really didn't know what I was presenting. The words just came out splattering and there was no thought process. Can't even remember what I said. The overworked brain does funny things so it's time for it to rest. Hehe

Well so after being cooped up in Singapore Polytechnic till 6+pm all because of the results we(Mabel, Yuan Wei, Joshua and me) went to Tampines. Went to have dinner and Wynne joined us and we just sat at Macs and talked and talked and I reached home at 11.15pm. I think today must be one of the rare days I contributed a fair bit to the conversation. I was even sustaining conversations with Mabel at SP on and off throughout the...5 hours? or at least 4. hahha. Caught up a fair bit with these people. Cleared my "conversation debt". Should be clearing my sleep debt too but I don't feel like sleeping now and I got to wake up at 6am tmr. Nevermind. After like how many days of no actual ralaxing time or satisfying use of the computer I should just do what I want. =)

2007-08-19T00:54:00.000+08:00

HANDOVER WAS A BLAST! The juniors really did put in a lot of effort and I am really grateful and touched for all that they have done for us. The teachers words were also encouraging and sweet. I feel so blessed for having such a wonderful bunch of people around me. =)

Thanks for the decorating the room, for bringing the food and for the great performances. Thanks for the balloon, the notes, the gifts and the photo collage. Thanks for all that you guys have done!

This kind of marks the end of my time in the Junior High Student Council. But my heart will always be with it and all the seniors, juniors and teachers. Again and again I say this, but really, if not for SC I might not feel the love or the attachment for the school. I've really enjoyed my time in the council. Not that throughout the three years everything has been smooth-sailing but at the end of it all when I look back, all I remember are the good times and all that I keep are valuable lessons and memories. I enjoy doing the things that we do from planning events to even doing ushering duties to standing up there leading and saying the pledge. I really take pride in all that we do. Some duties may sound boring and tiring but at the end of it all, with fellow SCs doing it together, all is great. And I do love being able to do something for the school. And it's through this I get to know so many more people, which means so many more people to say a simple hi to and brighten up my day. From the seniors to the juniors to the teachers, we've all remained as one big family. The bonds we have formed and the friendships that we have will always remain. I am glad to have met all you guys who bring so much fun and laughter and warmth. Thanks to the juniors for being ever-crazy and enthusiastic especially that bunch of girls. Thanks to the teachers for being so caring and concerned and for being so approachable.

To the Exco, it's really unbelievable that we've been working together for a year already! Time really flew by so fast with you guys and I think we've done quite a great job. =) Thanks to you guys for always being there to get high together and to get things done together. I've had much fun working with you guys. And even as we step down, we'll always be as one ya. More meet ups and dinners and whatever else after exams! In the mean time, JIA YOU for the end-of-years!

DHS EXCO 0607

Tonight, I smiled and laughed and felt the warmth in my heart as I watched what was lined up for us. There were moments when many laughed together, there were moments when many cried. I expected myself to cry tonight but that didn't happen although I almost did when Mabel and Ben were chanting behind me as I spoke "cry , cry, cry..." It was as if their chant was working then when I realised they were chanting I turned back to shut them out. Maybe I should have just let myself cry cause I think I haven't for a long long time. But maybe it's a good thing that I haven't cried in so long. I was even asking myself "wei shen me wo de xin ne me ying?" But I figured it's not that. All the same like the rest I appreciate what was done for us and while they cried because they were touched, I smiled because I was happy to have such lovely people around me and I have no regrets and there's Ben Ng along with me. He was like going "So fun!" That's our cute President for you. =P Another part is that I still don't feel that this is the end although it should be. There's still the Cairns trip to come and I really look forward to that. I hope it'll be as good as the Chiang Mai experience.

It has been the time of my life being in SC. You guys are great company. I really hope for the best for the juniors and the future batches, for SC and for Dunman High. Exco 0708, it's up to you guys now! Shine and do us proud! =)

2007-08-17T23:06:00.000+08:00

I couldn't resist the temptation to watch the fireworks today since my dad asked, so off we went in the car so I spent almost 1+ hours out there when I am supposed to be studying. First time I saw colourful ones and the heart shapes were cool. I didn't manage to capture the hearts though. But anyway for those of you who were at home, I captured some photos. hehe! Some are a bit off but you can't blame me cause I was watching the fireworks too! And they came on and off so fast all over the place. =)

But this is what happens at the end - Loads of smoke

4th August 2007

2007-08-08T23:27:00.000+08:00

The teachers really surprised us today. Mrs Tan was so secretive about it, I thought the teachers had some really cool and fun activity for us. In the end it turned out to be a fire drill! Like a surprise on top of the surprise. But I guess it kind of fits into this National Day thing.

Yup so after school Zhi Xin, Melissa, Michelle and I went to Vivo. Circled the area so many times before we sat down for lunch. We went to the pet shop after that anyway and the puppies were so amazingly cute! I still love Golden Retrievers & Labradors the best. My dogs were once like those 4 cute 3-month-olds! As adorable but I don't think mine looked that sad. Poor dogs locked up in that mini area. Anyway, we were supposed to catch a movie but in the end we didn't cos Rush Hour was too late and Secret was a huge no-no for Mich and Mel. You guys missed out on a nice show! The story came out to be something I never expected but it's not ever going to happen in real life though. Watch it if you can!! Oh yes and Jay Chou is an amazing pianist for playing at that crazy speed, if it wasn't edited that is.

2007-08-04T00:36:00.000+08:00

I am beginning to sleep really late everyday now! I should try to adjust my sleeping time back to 10+pm and be a healthy kid.

Dry run for Xperience is tommorrow. It's going to be an absolutely long day. I really wonder sometimes these days am I taking up too much things for my own good. I've got SMP, Xperience and National Day Celebration to do now at the same time, on top of studying for exams. And yet I seem to be wasting a lot of time still. I'm still going back to play volleyball but I don't consider that wasting time. It really took away all the stress today. I think we really love the game A LOT. I don't actually remember our seniors coming back to play after they stepped down. Maybe it's the no O levels symptom. But Mr Tay says I still look happy always so that's good. I think I've learnt to take things more easily this year and I am more relaxed about many things, especially studies, although I still do get stressed. Whether it's for the better or not, we shall see.

Just had a heart to heart talk with Zhi Xin on msn and as usual, it feels good! I think it has been a really long while since we did that. Being able to share so much with your close friends and discuss about anything and everything under the sun is just great. =) I think I must thank Zhi Xin, Melissa and Michelle a million for always being there.

2007-07-27T23:30:00.000+08:00

Played volleyball today. It was fun but I think I feel quite zi bei. Thanks Mr Tay though for offering those words of encouragement and teaching me what to do to improve my jumping & spiking. I will have to try to squeeze that into my already packed schedule. He is really good too anyway, my idol!!

Anyway it's been crazy trying to study for exams with other things to handle, on top of the tests and homework. RAHH!!! I really feel like screaming! Next week is a crazy week with FOUR tests. FOUR MORE WEEKS TO THE START and 7 more to the end!

2007-07-20T22:14:00.000+08:00

Exams are coming!! Study hard everyone. And after exams we'll all be free! Free to play, free to relax, free to do the things we wanted to do but never got the time to.

We had our first ever full Exco dinner today. But it's weird that this marks the end of our 'regime'. But after 14 September, we will be free to make up for loss time. Hehe. Yup so the dinner at Fish & Co (Glasshouse) was great. Food was good and the company was even better! =)

Anyway on the down side, I miss the volleyballers and hanging out together. We've all been so caught up with trying to study, study and study. Seems like ages since I last talked to them and when I saw Zhi Xin today, this weird feeling came to me. I miss the crazy company and the soulmates I can always confide in!! Oh well at least I got to spend some time with Zhi Xin today. Yup and I told her to call me along the next time they are studying together. It's like the only way to hang out now since we all need to prepare for the exams.

2007-07-11T23:11:00.000+08:00

SMP causes sleep loss!! Got home only at about 10pm last night from SMP and had to do work till pass midnight. I only got to sleep like at about 12.30am. And tonight I am still here because of SMP again, doing discussions with Mabel. Really can't wait to finish this whole project and get our conclusions. It is quite interesting but just too time-consuming. Weekends come sooner! Then I can sleep in late!

2007-07-08T17:54:00.000+08:00

Week 4 is really going to be a killer week! Scary...

Anyway, I think our SMP mentor hates Mabel and me cause we had nothing to do and were using our phones in the lab. I mean we had to wait 15 minutes to do the next test each time so did we have to stone there and waste even more time? Oh well, nevermind. It's quite weird that as I dislike going to SP less, our mentor seems to hate us more.

Oh yes and I really wonder how is Live Earth of any help to the environment. Is anyone going to watch all the concerts and suddenly be caring to the environment?

2007-07-01T00:45:00.000+08:00

SC Chalet was fun! =) We threw soap-water bombs, played soccer sitting down and barbequed. Ok I didn't actually cook any food, everyone else was so enthu, I didn't have my chance. Talking with Zhi Xin, Zara and Benjamin was good. & Ben is freaking knowledgeable, I really admire people like him. He knows soooo much, he ought to give me some of all that. This is probably the last gathering before stepping down and I hate that thought so much. Rah!

Anyway as promised:

Create your own Friend Test here

SWEET SIXTEEN

2007-06-25T21:18:00.000+08:00

They all say it is Sweet Sixteen and I didn't think much of it until I had mine and still enjoying now. This year just feels so special. All started on Saturday with the family, going out yesterday, finding a present on my bed last night just when I was about to go to sleep. And today... it's just totally awesome! The messages I received in the morning, only because I switch my phone off at night, if not I really would have been woken up at 12plus. From current schoolmates to primary schoolmates, from close friends to friends I'm not so lucky to get to talk to much. THANK YOU!! You guys made my day and let me start my day with a smile, really. Of course all the messages that came later continued to make my day too.

And when it was school time, I got well wishes from so many people too. The Exco and SCs, classmates, more other friends. Of course, THANKS TO THE VOLLEYBALLERS AND THE TIES GANG for the MUD CAKE! Jia Min made me know it all with a one-word message: QUICK! We do it all the time for each other on our birthdays and it's really lovely. The crazy birthday song you guys sang or I should say SCREAMED. Made me laugh with all your funny funny little antics and ways, I was really super happy. And then there was the imbA gang even. Kept going on and said a countless number of times "Happy Birthday!" when I walked passed them. It was quite funny really and I thought Ray and Andrew wanted to prank me when they put out their hands to shake mine. All my juniors shouted out too me too when I looked down from the gymnasium training and even JIAO LIAN. He was being funny and added "Woah sheng ri bu ke yi da qiu ar?"

And dinner with the SC bunch was great too! Thanks Mabel, June, Dinah, Miss Yeo, Mr Yeo, Mdm Loh and Mr Tan! Dinner was yummy and the chocolate cake by the fountain was cute. YOU GUYS ARE SO SWEET! Made me laugh quite a bit too. And our throwing of dry ice into the water attracted quite some attention. Yes, the cake was delicious and my stomach is being really happy now too.

Many thanks to all of you who made my day! It's a great start to the school term. Thanks for all the well-wishes! Thanks for the gifts and the 3 cakes today! I love them all! =) THANK YOU!!!!!!

Oh ya, I couldn't resist the temptation to play volleyball so I did. Hehe. =)

2007-06-24T21:25:00.000+08:00

It's back to school again tmr! I wasn't feeling anything very much special, it was just like going back to school after a weekend break. But now, I think there's a part of me that looks forward to the new beginning and Youth Day. Things must work out!!!

This holidays have been busy but I still got time to slow down and relax. So all's well. =) I got to go out a fair bit and I did my homework and got started on revising Chemistry. And come tmr I will be ready to battle and go at full speed.

Anyway, I met my Primary 5 best friend yesterday. We have grown apart so much, too much. Oh well not many people can keep strong lasting friendships from primary school. Dinner at Imperial Treasure last night was quite yummy. But I find the place a little crammed up though. And today I went to watch Ocean's Thirteen with Geoffrey. It's really quite nice so I'm going to find time to watch Ocean's 11 and 12 at home soon. We went for dinner at this little restuarant after that and it's super quiet inside so it felt a bit weird at first but food was quite nice :)

2007-06-15T21:30:00.000+08:00

Outing with P6 classmates to ECP yesterday was quite fun. All of them cycled but I skated. We went all the way to NSRCC, the end of the ECP bicycle path. There was filming going on there anyway, so we saw quite a few actors and actresses. Frisbeed a little there and made our way back. They went to Settlers after that but I was such a good and motivated girl I went home to do homework. But I slept for one and a half hours when I came back cause Alson, Zhuo Wen, Zhi Xin and I conferenced till about 1am the previous night. Anyway I think it's really cool that my P6 class still has outings regularly! Although it's always the usual few people most of the time, at least there's still a bunch of us in contact with each other. =)

2007-06-13T22:32:00.000+08:00

Outing with the Volleyballers today was cool! And there were like 16 of us! I wish there's still Sunset Bay though. 5 bucks and you get water, balls, kayaks/canoes and vball courts. But today all the courts on Siloso Beach went into hiding. Just where did they disappear to??

Anyhow, we still had fun. We played vball, soccer and ice&water and waddled in the sea too. Playing soccer on the beach is so freaking fun and tiring at the same time. It's good exercise! I love ice&water too. Childhood game. =) And Melissa, Eva and I attempted to lie down and sun tan but we weren't very successful. Couldn't even last there for 15 minutes, or probably less. We really had our fill at Sakae too. Service was bad at first but I think everyone complained till the guy decided to be nice. Then we went to Vivo arcade and way home was nice with Zhi Xin, Alson, Zhuo Wen and Yuan Wei. Simply love it when we start talking :)